News Release 12-016 - Video
Animation of deformation and breaking of a spider web under extreme stresses.
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Animated model of deformation and breaking of a spider web under extreme stresses. The model is based on web-silk behaviors at a scale down to the molecular level.
Credit: S. Cranford and M.J. Buehler/MIT